The rivalry between billionaires Mark Cuban and Elon Musk may have taken a friendly turn after the 2024 presidential debate.
After President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump debated last weekCuban told his X followers that he used two rival AI models (Throat of xAI and OpenAI's ChatGPT) to summarize the results of the debate and tell him which candidate to hire for a professional position.
According to Cuban, Musk's Grok exploded ChatGPT out of the water after using the robot in “fun mode”.
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“BTW, @elonmuskthis shit is awesome lol,” Cuban said honestly.
I asked @grok same thing. After reading the transcript of the debate, who would you hire for a professional position?
I did this in “Fun Mode”. Regular mode will come. BTW, @elonmuskthis shit is awesome lol
After reviewing the transcript of the debate between…
— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) June 30, 2024
Grok's opinion was that both candidates had a “lack of maturity, professionalism and seriousness” that would “disqualify them from being hired for most professional positions” and so he chose not to endorse either.
ChatGPT too it finally came in the same conclusion that neither candidate should be hired, but did so in a less pointed, more matter-of-fact tone, emphasizing summary points from the debate on each side.
As of Monday afternoon, Musk had not publicly responded to Cuban's endorsement.
The two have often butted it out on social media over clashing opinions on various issues, including Cuban's harsh criticism of Musk's changes after taking over X, formerly Twitter.
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“The legacy blue sign meant that someone took the time to decide that the user might be able to contribute something more.” Cuban argued after Musk changed the platform's verified policy. “I found it valuable. It saved me time and because Twitter did a good job of it, it opened my eyes to new people I didn't know about.”
Last May, Musk told Cuban via X that “suggestions for improvement” were welcome. Cuban then pressed a seven-point plan for the platform — but Musk has yet to respond.
As of Monday afternoon, Kuban is valuable about 7.49 billion dollars. Musk worth about 329 million dollars.